Taehyung woke up to a headache worse than banging with a hammer. He sat up in his bed to see an empty room. The only thing besides him was the iv, and the monitor. He noticed immediately that he could not see as well as he did before. He ended up squinting at everything around him.

When he tried to speak, only muffled noise came out, followed by throat scratching coughs.

Tae: *holds his throat*

Gyeong: *enters the room* Tae! You're awake!

Tae: *smiles*

Gyeong: I was so worried. Are you ok? Can you speak?

Tae: *shakes his head*

Gyeong: So you can't speak...*sighs* You keep blinking.

Tae: *grabs a pen from the table* *writes in the air*

Gyeong: Oh, your eyes. Yeah, the doctor said that would be an issue.

Tae: *lays back down*

When he laid down, he noticed that he hadn't been able to move his legs to get comfortable.

Tae: *looks at his legs* ?

Gyeong: Oh, yeah. Taehyung, you suffered some serious injuries. The doctor said your vision is impaired, you won't be able to speak, and your spinal cord was split in two separate places by the bullets that hit you in your torso.

Tae: *sighs*

Gyeong: I can't believe it either.

Just then, Yoongi walked in with a brown bag in his hand.

Yoon: Hey dudes. *places bag*

Tae: *looks at him*

Yoon: I'm glad you're ok. I was worried beyond repair.

Tae: *smiles* *looks back at the door*

Yoon: Yeah, Hoseok is across the hall.

Gyeong: How is he?

Yoon: Still out. He had a lot of core damage to the nervous system. As well as bones in his upper and lower body.

Tae: *pouts*

Yoon: Yeah, I'm worried too. But we all know that both you and Hoseok are strong men.

Tae: *smiles* *looks down*

Gyeong: Hey...*grabs a tissue* Don't cry...

Taehyung let out the first noise he's made in over 14 hours, a crying noise similar to the distant whimpers of a person far away.

Gyeong: It hurts so much to see him sad...

Yoon: Yea. He's damaged, permanently. Jongin...Kai or whatever...knew exactly what he was doing. He knows now Tae can't fight back.

As if on queue, the doctor walked through the door.

Doc: Hi. I came from across the hall. We have his reports.

Gyeong: Ok. So what's going on?

Yoon: Yeah, why isn't Hoseok awake yet?

Doc: He seems to have gotten worse since he's been here. As a matter of fact, his injuries from the fall are starting to heal. But he has something new in his system.

Yoon: New?

Tae: ?

Doc: A neuropoison. It's made to tear apart the nervous system piece by piece.

Gyeong: But how did he get that if he's been asleep this whole time?

Doc: I don't know, but it had to be administered.

Yoon: Someone gave it to him?!

Doc: It seems so.

Gyeong: We need to check the security cameras.

Doc: Follow me.

Gyeong followed the Doc down the hall, leaving Yoongi with Taehyung.

Tae: *looks up* *angry*

Yoon: I know this is a stupid question, but why are you so pissed?

Tae: *reaches*

Yoon: *hands him a paper*

Tae: *writes*

Yoon: *reads* Because...he...hurt...my friend. All...because...of me. He...deserves...to be...put in...jail...for life.

Tae: *smiles*

Yoon: I personally vote the death penalty.

As they conversed, a noise came from across the hall.

Yoon: Brb.

He walked across the hall to Hoseok's room, opening the door slowly.

Hoseok: *crying*

Yoon: *grabs his hand* Hey...shh...shh...

Hoseok: It hurts! It hurts! *lifts up his shirt* It hurts Yoonie! It hurts so much!

From what Yoongi could see, dark red marks were plastered all around Hoseok's body, even around his eyes. He noticed the obvious change in Hoseok's voice.

Yoon: When did your voice get deeper?

Hoseok: *looks at him* I don't know. *screams*

Yoon: Hobi?

Hoseok: *calms* *looks*

Yoon: Hobi? You ok? What was that?

J-Hope: I feel different...

Yoon: *scared*

J-Hope: Why are you backing away?

Yoon: Your...eyes...they're....green....